France raises €2.8bn from 700-MHz sale

Orange, Free Mobile win most spectrum in French auction, positions on frequency band yet to be determined.

France's auction of spectrum in the 700-MHz band drew to a close on Tuesday after 11 rounds of bidding, raising &euro;2.796 billion.
The cost of each 5 MHz block of paired spectrum came in at &euro;466 million, regulator Arcep announced. That figure comes in some way ahead of the &euro;416 million reserve price.
Orange and Free Mobile walked away with the most spectrum, picking up 2x10 MHz, or two blocks, each…

France's auction of spectrum in the 700-MHz band drew to a close on Tuesday after 11 rounds of bidding, raising &euro;2.796 billion.
The cost of each 5 MHz block of paired spectrum came in at &euro;466 million, regulator Arcep announced. That figure comes in some way ahead of the &euro;416 million reserve price.
Orange and Free Mobile walked away with the most spectrum, picking up 2x10 MHz, or two blocks, each…

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